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Three of America’s most senior military commanders have expressed grave
concerns that the lifting of Iranian sanctions as part of the historic
nuclear deal will revive the Islamic republic’s belligerent ambitions and
encourage it to bankroll terror networks.

Paul Selva, the US Air Force general who has been nominated to become the next
vice-chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, warned Congress: “The sequential
lifting of sanctions will give Iran the access to more economic assets with
which to sponsor state terrorism should they choose to do so.

Two other military commanders, General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US
joint